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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 21 05h11 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
Coma diameter1.30 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.042 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.141 AU
Right ascension17 49 56.26 h m s
Declination-31 47 58.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.05.21 16:11:23
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 05 21.21607 17 49 56.26 -31 47 58.2          16.0 N      W96
0029P         C2015 05 21.24378 17 49 55.56 -31 47 58.6          16.0 N      W96
Instrument400
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
Exposure details20x120s
Air mass1.02
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/
Observation submission date2015 May 21 18h15m38s
Observation modification date2015 May 21 18h48m09s

(Record n° 13902)

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